Star Trek - TOS - Timetrap by David Dvorkin

Author:David Dvorkin [David Dvorkin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-06T16:17:38.562000+00:00

And then the glow was gone, and only the beauty of

star-filled space lay ahead of them.

Morith said calmly, "Obviously we transited suc-

cessfully." He said something in Klingon to one of the

figures hunched over a monitor on the bridge's lower

level. The man answered in Klingon, and Morith

sighed. He said sadly to Kirk, "And so did all but one

vessel of our fleet."

Kirk hardly heard him. He was home.

The mood onboard ship changed drastically. Where

before the Klingon crew had behaved as if they were

facing execution, now they acted like a crew on holi-

day. They were on their way into history; they were

creating the Roj tin.

Kirk and Kalrind were able to spend time with each

other again, as they had not been able to during the

last few days. Kirk had found the constant presence

of others during the day annoying; on the base, he had

grown used to being alone with Kalrind and spending

hours simply talking to her--with him talking and her

listening, as she seemed to prefer. He had noticed

during the last day or so that even Kalrind, normally

so placid and amiable, had been growing short-tem-

pered at their situation. She had occasionally snapped

at him, and even though she would apologize profusely

afterward, Kirk felt it would be best if they could be

alone together as soon as possible in order to reclaim

their past happiness--the combination of comradeship

and tenderness that had become so important to him

so quickly.

Partly it was the excitement and tension and bustle

connected with approaching and then passing through

the supermassive body that had interfered with them.

But they had also been hampered by the ship itself.

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